The dirty, dirty V word

[Bring_Back_Shantz]

Originally Posted by TorqueDog

I don't know who did your procedure but both Dr. Crouse and Vasman would have told you not to go to rugby practice a mere five days later, and probably would have strongly recommended not playing a game at day 8.


From Intramed (Dr. Crouse):
Do’s and Don'ts After a Vasectomy
- No strenuous activity for two weeks after the operation. That includes no heavy lifting, cycling, going to the gym, bending, etc.


From Vasman's PDF:
After Your Vasectomy
- Avoid strenuous activity such as heavy lifting and sports for five to seven days. After this time, your comfort level can dictate your activity. 



I mean, they're your balls, but I wasn't gonna chance it with mine nor should anyone else.

Ahhh, did you just tell me the doctor who did my procedure would tell me not to play sports 5 days after my procedure, and then post his directions that pretty much say, "Hey after 5 days if you feel good, go ahead and play sports"?

[Russic]

Everybody's experience will be unique so just listen to your body. The caveat here being most people are absolutely terrible at listening to their body. I know enough people that didn't take it easy (to unenjoyable results) that I rested way more than I needed to.

[TorqueDog]

Originally Posted by Bring_Back_Shantz

Ahhh, did you just tell me the doctor who did my procedure would tell me not to play sports 5 days after my procedure, and then post his directions that pretty much say, "Hey after 5 days if you feel good, go ahead and play sports"?

After 5-7 days, and you *on* day 5 went back to playing rugby.

Like I said, they're your balls so whatever, but you're basically a terrible example to follow in contrast to Monahammer good advice, to whom you were giving sh-t about taking it easy.

[OutOfTheCube]

Originally Posted by Russic

Everybody's experience will be unique so just listen to your body. The caveat here being most people are absolutely terrible at listening to their body. I know enough people that didn't take it easy (to unenjoyable results) that I rested way more than I needed to.

Yeah I always find it weird when dudes are like "I WAS OUT GOLFING THE NEXT DAY and it was a bad idea" -- like you just had a (minor) surgery on your junk, maybe just chill the F out for a week.

[Bring_Back_Shantz]

Originally Posted by TorqueDog

After 5-7 days, and you *on* day 5 went back to playing rugby.

Like I said, they're your balls so whatever, but you're basically a terrible example to follow in contrast to Monahammer good advice, to whom you were giving sh-t about taking it easy.

1) I said about 5 days after... whether it was on day 5 or after 5 days doesn't really matter. I talked to my doctor (Vasman, who you quoted) about the timeline. He said if I felt fine, then go ahead.
I did, so I did.
So despite you being sure what Vasman would have told me, I'm slightly more confident about what he actually did tell me.


2) I wasn't giving him **** about taking it easy.
It's what I did.
It's what I said guys should do.

I gave him grief about the "Milk it" remark.

Taking it easy is prudent, reasonable, and kind of fun.
"Milking it" is selfish, and silly.

Take however much time you need to recover, but don't treat it like something it isn't, which is what "Milking it" comes across as.
"Milking it" sounds very "Man Cold"-ish to me. Which is just silly.

[DoubleF]

Originally Posted by TorqueDog

Oh stop. You're literally told by the doctor to sit around because every single exertion you perform -- as minimal as it may be -- conveys some stress in the very area to which you've just had surgery on and can result in bleeding or other complications. I was told that lifting my 12 lb. cat was more exertion than I should be performing during my first week.

Following doctor's orders in this case will look exactly like 'milking it' because you're basically told to for fear of your f-cking balls not healing properly.

My wife was more militant about me following the recovery instructions than I was. I hated that feeling of being useless. In hindsight, I honestly do think that how you follow the instructions in the first 72 hours may affect how your recovery is going for week 2-3.

IIRC, the first week recovery instructions read very similarly to c-section recovery. Don't lift more than 10-15 pounds, sit lots, no physical exertion, take meds, listen to body etc. The main difference was icing the location and don't jerk off. I thought that was ridiculous because it was a minor surgery vs c-section was a major surgery. Wife insisted though.

I was still occasionally getting winded by certain actions several weeks after the surgery. I thought I'd be totally fine by 10-15 days, but I think I was getting constant reminders up until that "up to 3 months to full heal" time frame.

[D as in David]

This story is from 32 years ago so it isn't relevant to the current procedure for vasectomies. My 1st born was breech so he needed to be delivered by a C-section. There was a small changing room for fathers to change into scrubs. As I was getting changed, another dude came in to get changed. He told me his vasectomy was the day before. He told me this was because when he took his pants off, his underwear was drenched in blood.

[fotze2]

Can we give Torquedog and BBS a Calgarypuck award for the first argument over their balls? A special position?

[Monahammer]

This is exactly what I was talking about though. Why the random need to be macho and play rugby the same week you got surgery on your balls? That's just insane. There's no way around how dumb that makes you sound shantz.

[Bring_Back_Shantz]

Originally Posted by Monahammer

This is exactly what I was talking about though. Why the random need to be macho and play rugby the same week you got surgery on your balls? That's just insane. There's no way around how dumb that makes you sound shantz.

Yeah, cool man.
I talked to my doctor, followed his instructions, and got back to normal activity when I felt well enough to do so.
I guess I'm dumb.

[Cortez]

I'll post my experience here for reference - just because I was completely unaware of this possibilty and maybe it will help someone in the future.

Spoiler!

I got the snip in April. Had the consultation on the same day. We went through potential complications that could arise and then had the procedure. All told I was in and out within about 45 min I would say.

I drove myself home as I didn't think it would be a big deal

By the time I got home (30 min drive) my balls were swollen pretty good but I just figured this was part of it. By about 2-4 hours post procedure my balls were massively swollen- to a point where I realized this was not normal. 6 hours post procedure I was starting to turn black all in my scrotum and within 24 hours it my uper thighs and abdomin were all black. (this was from blood that was leaking in my sack) I ended up going back to the clinic the next morning (procedure was done late in the afternoon). My wife had to take a day off work to drive me in. Dr took one look and sent me to emergency. It was determined that a vein was nicked that obviously shouldn't have been and as mentioned my scrotum was filled up with blood. Walking was close to impossible and pretty painful. I had to basically waddle everywhere with stretched out wide legs so my balls could just fit between my thighs.

They call it a hematoma and I was couch ridden for a week. Had to take off work and was fairly painful for about 2 weeks straight. My wife had to take time off work to help get the kids to school and such and it was just a major annoyance all around.

They only thing you can do it wait and ride it out. I've been wearing compression shorts to give me some support. It is now 6 months post surgery and I still have a hard clump in my ball sack. It has shrunk down to the size of my other 2 balls but I basically have 3 testicles right now. They are saying it may take 9 - 12 months now to disapear when initial diagnosis was 6 months.

Not saying this to scare anyone as it is fairly rare- but just be aware of the potential complications. I was completley un-prepared for this possibility and just expected to be back on my feet in 48 hours.

I would definitly plan to take days off instead of being a "hero" and just going back to work. Even if you don't need it - which most people don't
- there is still a small chance of something going wrong

[fotze2]

Pics or it didn't happen.

[Cortez]

Originally Posted by fotze2

Pics or it didn't happen.

hahah trust me, you don't want to see pics. I would get banned for posting any of them. It's nightmare fuel

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Monahammer

This is exactly what I was talking about though. Why the random need to be macho and play rugby the same week you got surgery on your balls? That's just insane. There's no way around how dumb that makes you sound shantz.

It's clear you have never played, or haven't played enough

[Monahammer]

I have played! At aberhart. Rugby is a great sport. Would never play it the same week i snipped my balls though. Can't imagine being in a scrum with thoughts of hands and feet moving around near my recently surgeried sack.

[Monahammer]

Egads i am unable to stop imagining it now. What the hell, man!

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Monahammer

I have played! At aberhart. Rugby is a great sport. Would never play it the same week i snipped my balls though. Can't imagine being in a scrum with thoughts of hands and feet moving around near my recently surgeried sack.

I played half a season with a sports hernia, once the doctor confirmed no more damage would be done, I just needed to accept the pain.

[BeltlineFan]

Originally Posted by Cortez

I'll post my experience here for reference - just because I was completely unaware of this possibilty and maybe it will help someone in the future.

[Scroopy Noopers]

Originally Posted by BeltlineFan

Yeah…. ####…. I came here to get a better idea because I have it coming up but yikes.

The thread in general is helpful, thanks all. I got a voicemail about my appointment date in ####ing September, and I get the snip in 2 weeks. I haven’t heard anything about it, but apparently I will get a call 3 days prior… I honestly didn’t even consider resting one day let alone like 2 weeks…. I guess I should do more reading and plan a bit better.

[Scroopy Noopers]

Originally Posted by Coys1882

As for the procedure it went like this:

- Pants off and on the chair, paper window over you legs so you're bullocks are all that's hanging out.
- slaver it all down in iodine.
- couple needles for freezing, not as bad as you think. I've hurt my sack worse with my clippers.
- he makes a puncture hole with some scissors and then brings all the wires and tubes out through that hole.
- snip, burn - no pain
- snip, burn - no pain
- gauze on the entry point.
- done

The entry hole is so small you don't need sutures.

The best part is that you need to clean the pipes I think 30 times before you're good to go. That's was my wife's end of the bargain!!!

Originally Posted by afc wimbledon

Hurt like hell, during and for a day after. During was worse, hot needle in the balls pain, after was just like getting sacked in soccer only didn't go away after 5 minutes

Don’t let me down Jobu…